"If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world," the ubiquitous astrophysicist and science popularizer writes at the end of a list quoted by Maria Popova. Tyson's suggestions include Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton, as well as Machiavelli and Sun Tzu, but not, as Popova notes, anything written by a woman: "Tyson’s selections remain indispensable despite their chromosomal lopsidedness."
January 5, 2015
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